the basics quiet. sarcastic. supportive. a 'smart blonde.' green eyes. musical. blonde hair cut short. lazy. 'gifted.' artistic. thespian. liberal. impossibly nit-picky. an optimistic realist, & other various contradictions. fourteen.

munching on sushi, salad, frozen mocha smoothies, green tea, chocolate-chip cookies, poached eggs, potsticker dumplings, cucumber sandwiches, ginger ale.

reading neil gaiman, emma donoghue, tamora pierce, alice sebold, francesca lia block, william shakespeare, brian jacques, jk rowling, louisa may alcott, patricia c wrede, robin mckinley, harper lee, jane austen, george orwell, kyoko mori, edgar allan poe, samuel beckett, robert frost, jd salinger, ts eliot, aa milne, sherwood smith, philip pullman, various fanfiction writers, all the people on my favorites list

viewing lord of the rings, the matrix, mona lisa smile, entrapment, beauty & the beast, chicago, finding nemo, the incredibles, pirates of the caribbean

looking at the wallflower, pet shop of horrors, bishoujo senshi sailormoon, card captor sakura, kaitou st tail, marmalade boy, shoujo kakumei utena, chobits, mahou kishi rayearth, miyuki-chan in wonderland, alice 19th

watching law & order, csi, scrubs, law & order: criminal intent, the west wing, monk, the fairly oddparents, csi: miami, the weekenders, whose line is it anyway, law & order: svu

listening to vienna teng, suzanne vega, natalie imbruglia, jack off jill, michelle branch, t.A.T.u., tori amos, sheryl crow, vanessa carlton, indigo girls, sarah mclachlan, cake, alanis morissette, ani difranco, green day, evanescense, jewel, norah jones, stacie orrico, wicked soundtrack, les misérables soundtrack, rent soundtrack

--George Bernard Shaw

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."

--Albert Einstein

"I am imagination. I can see what the eyes cannot see. I can hear what the ears cannot hear. I can feel what the heart cannot feel."

--Peter Nivio Zarlenga